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Mounts
Mounts are obtained through an early quest that is available to players in starting areas.[2]
- Mounts can also be found in the wild and tamed.[3][4]
- There are three different tiers of mount.[5]
- Aquatic/swimming mounts are classified as tier A.[6][7]
- Different tier mounts have different abilities that are unique to that tier. These may provide horizontal or vertical power gains.[8]
- Mounts can have up to four abilities, including speed boosts, offensive and defensive abilities.[9][10]
- Mount abilities are unlocked via the animal husbandry profession.[9]
- Mount speeds are determined by the base mount that skins are applied to.[11]
- Aquatic mounts are faster in water and slower on land. Land mounts are faster on land and slower in water.[12]
- Mounts will be purchasable from players utilizing Animal husbandry and taming.[13]
- Mounts will have rarities that they are either bred or acquired. These rarities may influence mount skills and visual effects, such as seasonal variations.[14]
- Fall damage that occurs while mounted will be first applied to the mount; and if the mount dies as a result, then the remaining damage may overflow onto the player, but this will be determined based on testing.[15]
- There may be emotes associated with mounts and pets, such as petting, hugging, or playing with them.[16]
- The majority of mounts are based on animals, but there may be some mounts based on inanimate objects in the future.[17]
Summoning mounts
Animal husbandry mounts are summoned via an item that is obtainable from a stable (husbandry stall). De-summoning the mount returns the item back to the player's inventory.[18]
Land mounts
Land mounts (Ground mounts) are tier 1[5] mounts that are obtained through an early quest that is available to players in starting areas.[2]
Mount list
Flying mounts
Dragons (sometimes referred to as Wyrms or Wyrmlings) are able to be used as mounts, others will serve as NPCs: Some will be bosses or monsters that players can fight.[24]
- Dragon mounts are classed as royal mounts (tier 3) that are capable of true flight when utilized by Mayors of metropolis nodes or Kings and Queens of Guild castles.[25][26]
- Royal mounts are 3 or 4 times larger than gliding mounts (tier 2 mounts).[5]
- Certain tier 2 mount skins can be upgraded to tier 3 skins to accommodate the size difference.[5]
- Dragon eggs can also drop from legendary world bosses.[27][25] These will be temporary mounts that exist for a limited duration.[28][29][30]
We reserved it to very very few people per server, which is also going to make it a lot more meaningful when those flying dragons come into play for certain events.[26] – Steven Sharif
Artwork
Gliding mounts
Gliding mounts are tier 2[5] winged mounts that jump/glide/hover close to the ground.[32] Unlike royal (tier 3) mounts, gliding mounts are not capable of true flight by default.[26]
- The higher the level of the mount, the further it can glide.[33]
- Gliding mounts gain the ability to fly for mayors of Metropolis (scena 6) nodes or Kings and Queens of guild castles.[33]
- Certain tier 2 mount skins can be upgraded to tier 3 skins if they also apply to royal mounts.[5]
- Gliding will require some level of player skill in relation to gauging the speed and distance needed to successfully glide to the desired location.[9]
Mount list
Aquatic mounts
Aquatic mounts are Tier A mounts[6] that may be obtained from taming underwater creatures.[7]
- Aquatic mounts are faster in water and slower on land.[12]
- Aquatic mounts will be able to fully traverse naval areas and water areas.[36]
- An intrepid explorer could choose to traverse on his tide snapper alone.[36] – Sarah Flanagan
- Aquatic mounts will have utility skills that are useful in fishing, such as fish finding.[36]
- Mounts will have skills that relate to fishing in some way shape or form, least the water mounts. Whether that be getting out to a particular area, whether it be like some type of fish finding or chumming the area. There could even be benefits while fishing in the water while mounted, like, you're on the back of your turtle out there just sitting in the water casting your rod, or your line.[37] – Steven Sharif
- Animal husbandry will affect aquatic mounts.[38]
Mount list
Crowdfunding mounts
Kickstarter/Summer crowdfunding mount rewards are obtained and utilized by applicable backers in the following way:[2]
- Basic mounts are obtained through an early quest that is available to all players in starting areas.
- Players assign cosmetic skins to a character on their account from the account management page.
- The skin can then be applied to change the appearance of the mount that was earned in game.
- This does not remove the skin itself. It can be applied again to any other applicable mount in the future.
- Players may remove the skin from a character and assign it to another character on their account.
- Skins can only ever be active on one character and one mount.
The Dawnbreaker mount skin is used in a similar fashion as described, but is only applicable to a certain class of mounts. Aquatic mount skins, like the Tidesnapper, are also used in a similar fashion, but are only applicable to the aquatic class of mounts.[2]
Mount list
Racial mounts
Characters are able to obtain racial mounts via a quest in that race's starting area.[39][3]
Each starting area will have a different quest line that will yield a different type of starting mount. But by default you don't just choose human and here you get a horse, so to speak. Because you can be a human in our game and choose to start in a different racial area- at a different Divine Gateway- and as such then you could follow the quest line that gives you the Orc mount.[39] – Steven Sharif
Group mounts
Multi-passenger group mounts were unlocked during the Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign.[40]
Temporary mounts
Temporary mounts that drop from bosses will age and eventually die.[41]
Naming mounts
Mounts are able to be named by players.[42]
Mounted combat
Certain mounts will have combat abilities.[43]
- Players can't use their class skills while mounted.
- Mounts can be killed by players, but can be resurrected.[44]
Animal husbandry
Animal husbandry is a profession within the processing artisan class.[50][51][52]
- Pets, Mounts, Livestock, and Beasts of burden can be captured and tamed to breed animals with specific genetic traits.[53][51][54][55]
- Stables are freehold buildings used for breeding animals within the animal husbandry profession.[56][57]
- Public spaces in nodes allow lower-tier animal husbandry and farming activities.[58]
- Mounts, such as horses are an early gateway into the Animal husbandry profession.[54]
- Animal husbandry will affect aquatic mounts.[38]
- Animal husbandry mounts will not degrade over time.[59]
- Animal husbandry will be an exploritative profession.[60]
- Many animals that can be tamed and bred through the animal husbandry profession can be found in herds across the lands of Verra. These herds represent a gatherable resource, of sorts, that masters of the animal husbandry profession may then use to discover lesser-known species variants with untold powers and abilities. Mounts play a large role in Ashes of Creation, and animals like the horse are an early gateway into the unlimited possibilities that await those skilled in the arts of husbandry.[54]
Breeding mechanics
Animal husbandry will have discoverable blends of breeding.[51][63]
- Pets, Mounts, Livestock, and Beasts of burden can be captured and tamed to breed the best version of that species.[51][55]
- Geographical location may be relevant for the creation of certain types of breeds.[51]
- Creatures will have a wide variety of traits and characteristics, strengths and weaknesses, within their species. The best version of a species will need to be blended from creatures from many places across Verra... For example, the best horse would need speed from desert horses, the coat and the health from tundra steeds, and the size and strength of ones that might be in the riverlands.[51] – Steven Sharif
- Royal mounts (such as Dragons) are dropped as eggs that can be cultivated by Animal husbandry artisans with a high enough stable upgrade on their freehold.[27]
- These mounts are not breedable.[64]
- Mounts that are bred through animal husbandry may be sold at auction.[65]
- There will be a cap on the number of times an animal can be bred. This is defined by the type, quality, and purpose of the animal.[66]
Once an animal is born, there are stages of development to raise that animal from birth to adulthood. Animal husbandry practitioners will be able to specialise their focus into raising and training creatures to maximise the quality of the creature in adulthood.[51][67]
- Youngling stage: For mammals this relates to baby animals. For lizards (reptiles) this is an egg stage.[67]
Once these creatures are actually born there is an element of raising the creature. So animals need to be raised from birth to adulthood and trained for the intended purposes, either as a mount, a pet, a beast of burden, or livestock. Animal husbandry feeds a lot of these different aspects; and you'll be able to specialize your focus as an 'animal husbandrist', if that's a word, to one of those particular ends. Players have a multitude of activities to perform like feeding, cleaning the creatures, taking them out for practice rides, training them to fight monsters, etc. This period is very important however- the training period- because it will have the greatest influence on the resulting quality of the genetically determined stats and abilities of the creature once they reach adulthood. So basically as you're discovering these different genetic paths when pairing different animals, and the offspring is born, it will have a window of where a stat block will land. But where it lands will be determined by the training phase by raising the creature up- and that's going to be an important aspect.[51] – Steven Sharif
There may be a user interface rather than recipes for the animal husbandry system that records successes and failures of breeding attempts.[68]
- I'm not sure that there are going to be recipes per-se. Instead what we're thinking about with the husbandry system is going to be a user interface panel that gives a record of your successes and failures with certain types of breeding attempts; and then from there, if you choose to share that information with other individuals you can of course. But it's not something that's going to be streamlined through an interface that we would use for the player.[68] – Steven Sharif
There is a compendium of acceptable parameters for breeding[69], which isn't going to be known until players discover it.[65][70] This discovery may be different for different players.[70]
- Animals have a unique ID that is tied to the husbandry chart (compendium) that takes into account possible combinations between animals.[65] There will be odd combinations, but there will be limits to what is possible.[70]
- Discovery of certain breeding habits and different quests may grant access to slots in the compendium.[70]
A modified character creation system allows customization of Summoner pets and Animal husbandry.[62][67]
- Changes at the Youngling stage affect the appearance of the animal at adulthood.[67]
- During the Youngling stage there may also be quests for specific types of cosmetic features.[67]
There's definitely going to be odd combinations, whether it's a butterflyger, giraffealope I don't know, but there will be definitely caps that are present.[70] – Steven Sharif
See also
References
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- ↑ Video, 2020-09-30 (8:32).
- ↑ Ashes of Creation Twitter: Travel with an aquatic mount.
- ↑ 36.0 36.1 36.2 Transmisja na żywo, 2020-09-30 (16:31).
- ↑ Transmisja na żywo, 2022-03-31 (1:22:01).
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- ↑ Transmisja na żywo, 2017-06-16 (28:07).
- ↑ Video, 2023-06-30 (7:37).
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